NCLEX-PN syllabus

Licensure examination for practical and vocational nurses. The real test adapts and runs from 85 to 150 items in five hours. This site's practice form is fixed and does not adapt.

NCLEX-PN

85 to 150 items. This practice form uses 113. · 5 hours

An on-screen calculator is available. Items with more than one key can earn partial credit by plus/minus, zero/one, or rationale scoring. Select-all-that-apply uses plus/minus. Fifteen pretest items on the real examination are not scored and are not identifiable.

  • Multiple choice, one best answer
  • Select all that apply, scored plus/minus
  • Ordered response
  • Numeric entry for a calculation whose figures are in the item
  • Highlighting relevant words in a note
  • Three clinical-judgment case studies of six items